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Powerful pics of 6.4 quake gallery video

6:13 PM  Powerful quake collapses buildings in Taiwan, killing and maiming a number of people.

Owners' assets frozen

A Masala restaurant in Birkenhead, part of an Auckland chain of Indian restaurants. The High Court has ordered a freeze on the assets of the family group that own the chain.

6:28 PM  Staff revealed they were paid as little as $2.64 an hour, and worked up to 11 hours a day.

'School lost my child' video

4 min ago  A parent wants action after his daughter escaped from school, but the principal says "schools aren't cages".

Live: Black Caps v Australia

2 min ago  Trent Boult claims Maxwell as New Zealand fight back continues.

Live: Cricket's IPL auction

Follow live as the world's best cricketers go under the hammer for a place in the IPL.

$2m for a beach, it's a steal video

6:35 PM  $2m might seem like a lot but for a beach like this, it's a banger deal.

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national

Gorge road reopened after crash

A serious crash has closed State Highway 2 through the Karangahake Gorge.

6:07 PM  Three people have been critically injured in head-on crash.

Rain greets Nines fans

Damp conditions don't deter as thousands of rugby league fans turn out for the Auckland Nines.

It's a warm, wet start in northern areas to the last long weekend of summer.

Storm stymied by thick cloud

The upper North Island experiences rain for Waitangi Day, but thunderstorm risk lowers.

Video

Father blames school for losing his child

A parent wants action after his daughter escaped from school, but the principal says "schools aren't cages".

world

Protesters stone man to death

A man steps on an unidentified man in military style clothes who was stoned to death.

Haiti slipped deeper into unrest as a mob of protesters beat a man to death with stones.

Syria clip shows devastation video

Shattered buildings, overturned cars, empty streets - this drone footage shows reality of four years of war.

Unlike their kiwi counterparts, Norway's police officers no longer carry guns.

Why Norway gave police guns

Norway has long been one of the few European countries where police officers do not routinely carry firearms.

business

Nervous tourists hire chauffeurs video

Christchurch-based chauffeur Robin Adams acts as both taxi driver and guide for overseas visitors. "I mother them all the way around."

Tourists too scared to take to the wheel, or wanting a more relaxing holiday, are paying to be chauffeur-driven around NZ.

No John Key? No problem

Bay of Islands businesses say Waitangi Day being marked on Monday may be good for the area.

Swedish furniture company Ikea will not be able to trade under its name in Indonesia.

IKEA loses name in Indonesia

Swedish furniture giant IKEA has lost the right to use its own brand name in Indonesia after a legal battle.

technology

Twitter suspends 125k accounts

Twitter has shut down more than 125,000 accounts linked to radicalised Islam.

Twitter has shut down more than 125,000 terrorism-related accounts since the middle of 2015.

Bye, bye ugly iPhone camera

Several design changes are expected for the iPhone 7 including removing the protruding lens.

Those who fix their phones through unofficial channels could be in for a nasty shock.

iPhones 'worthless' after error

Thinking of updating your iPhone operating system? Read this first.

life & style

The thing about bling

Marilyn Monroe knows who her best friends ares.  (Diamonds, donchaknow.)

You're going to drop a bomb on that sparkle, so you should know what you're looking for.

Who's the mommy?

While the rest of the world freaks out over this gorgeous trio, we say who cares which one's the mum, just give us their beauty secrets.

Sofia Vergara attends the 22nd Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Sofia Vergara bleeds for beauty

The Modern Family actress says her "stripper" breasts are a booby prize

well & good

Relearning the art of eating

Eating crap begets eating crap cravings.

'We have to find a way to want to eat what's good for us.'

'I have an anger problem'

Koraly Dimitriadis says she is shy and timid - but she has to deal with a 'toxic' problem of lashing out.

We all have those items that we wear once and never touch again.

The thrill of decluttering

Discarding unused items can make you feel relieved and rejuvenated.

home & property

A pool cabana is just the start

Horseshoe Bend pool cabana story Mason & Wales. Note restriction on print media useage. 5.2.16

Game, set, match - it's playtime for grown-ups at this Wanaka property, where the focus is on fun.

A fence that turns heads video

Impaled dolls' heads, body parts, Darth Vader - there's no white picket fence for these Aucklanders.

Think of the upkeep - this amazing herbaceous border is part of the vast garden at Eaton Hall. The project, designed by Arabella Lennox-Boyd FSGD won the Historic Garden Restoration Award, sponsored by Tendercare.

Award-winning gardens gallery

You can't beat an English garden, be it in the country or town.

food & wine

Review: Muse on Allen a five star experience

Venison Denver Leg.

Everything is lining up nicely at Wellington's Muse on Allen - the wine, the service, the food and at last the decor.

Pretty: dessert for coffee-lovers

Coffee is the hero in these luscious desserts.

We do like to dine beside seaside

Orange marmalade fried ice-cream

nz farmer

More pain for dairy farmers

Dairy farmers may lose $1.50 for each kilo of production capacity they have over the next two seasons.

Bank cuts price forecast for this season and next.

Duck eggs hatch into business video

Are duck eggs the next super-food? Dawn and Glen Bendall think so.

Organic farm returns to rise?

Marauding pigs let loose

entertainment

Prince reveals Kiwi show date

Prince will be playing live in New Zealand, for the first time, in February.

The Purple one will be here in late February.

Get excited about Prince in NZ

When news that Prince was heading to New Zealand broke on Friday afternoon, the country went nuts. 

The Italian actor Raphael Schumacher.

Actor hangs himself during play

"We don't know what happened exactly, nobody knows."

travel

Scary selfie gets tourist life ban

Rules against climbing Egypt's monuments have been put in place to protect them from human destruction.

A teenage tourist who illegally scaled an ancient pyramid to take selfies can never return.

Let's buy a beach video

Join us in saving this slice of paradise for the public.

Kiwis love passing the time on long-haul flights by chowing down on plane food.

Kiwis love plane food

We're perfectly happy on long-haul flights as long as you give us some kai in the sky.

stuff nation

Our flag is loved – but not safe stuff nation

RSA national president Barry Clark shares his views on the flag debate.

The national president of the RSA says every Kiwi should have their say on the flag.

No need to fear migrants stuff nation

Our immigration policies are hardly letting in floods of migrants and, in any event, we need them.

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L-R:  The Te Tu Mataora kapa haka performance to the large gathered crowd.
The Waitangi Day celebrations at Te Manawa.

Waitangi: a day for all of us stuff nation

Those who forget their history are condemned to repeat it.

motoring

Is this huge car price a record? video

The 1957 Ferrari 335 Sport Scaglietti was raced to victory by legendary British driver Stirling Moss at the Cuba Grand Prix in 1958.

Exchange rates and auction locations mean the title of the most expensive car ever sold at auction is up for debate.

The car 007 really drove

The Vantage is an oldie but still oh-so-good - even without the James Bond references.

This stunning 1965 Aston Martin DB5 has recently undergone a comprehensive restoration and sold for US$781,000 (NZ$1.18m) at Bonham's auction in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Rare cars attract big money gallery

It seems that not everyone is strapped for cash in the weeks after Christmas.

sport

Hurrell in hot water after loss video

Konrad Hurrell of the Warriors is comforted by Ryan Hoffman after his hit on Jake Trbojevic.

7:25 PM  The Warriors have lost to the Sea Eagles at the Auckland Nines on Saturday.

Live: Auckland Nines video

Follow live as the biggest names in the NRL converge for a weekend of fast and furious footy.

Kane Williamson scored 60 off 74 balls in the Black Caps innings after they won the toss against Australia.

Black Caps score 281-9 video

6:32 PM  After choosing to bat first, New Zealand scored 281-9 which looked below par.

good reads

The scandalous sex life of HG Wells

Born in 1866, science-fiction guru HG Wells would have loved living in the 60s.

Had the technology existed then, science-fiction guru HG Wells would have been Tinder's biggest fan.

NZ's boy wonder: 20 and worth $40m

Twenty-year-old entrepreneur Jamie Beaton: "I want every experience to be incrementally additive to my knowledge bank."

This is Jamie Beaton - the 20-year-old Aucklander who is already worth $40 million.

From Kaharoa to Twickenham

From Rotorua to England captain: Dylan Hartley will lead England this weekend against Scotland in the Six Nations.

The new England rugby captain is a rough diamond, dug from deep in New Zealand.

'The mother I'm supposed to be'

Gwen Hartley and her daughters Lola and Claire.

Gwen has two girls with microcephaly. It's not the life she would have chosen, but in a way it's perfect.

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oddstuff

Wildebeest ancestor had duckface

An artist’s interpretation of the rusingoryx atopocranion.

The modern wildebeest had a weird cousin far up the family tree whose bizarre nose gave it powers of communication.

A fence that turns heads video

Bernie Harfleet and his partner Donna decided to decorate their fence with doll body parts "for fun" about two years ago.

Impaled dolls' heads, body parts, Darth Vader - there's no white picket fence for these Aucklanders.

Photo booth snaps thief

The man who allegedly stole US$75 from a photo booth in Funway Amusements arcade and bowling alley.

If you are going to rob a photo booth, a mask might be a good idea.

'Sharkcano' - it's sharks in a volcano

Cameras dropped 45m into the volcano crater showed several species living in the "hostile" waters.

They don't have laser beams attached to their heads, but these sharks are living in an active volcano.

Parenting

Marriage challenges after kids

Head above water: how do parents keep their relationship afloat?

Lack of intimacy and insufficient communication can come into a relationship after children.

Boy's brutally honest answer

"Most of the kids drew long hair/beards. My son, coffin."

The seven-year-old was asked what he'd look like in 100 years - so he drew a coffin.

NFL stars style daughters' hair video

Rhiya Williams is casting shade at a university level, despite her young age.

Well, advertising gods, you've done it. This ad worked on us and we love it.

Dolphin upstages mum-to-be

"It really wasn't random," he said. "We saw their fins and I was waiting for them. I had set my camera on 'burst,' so there's a series of three."

How's that for an amazing photobomb?

kiwi traveller

Off the beaten track stuff nation

Dave and his family have enjoyed a unique Moroccan experience.

Travelling Kiwi family continue their epic journey, this stop, Morocco.

Kiwis love plane food

Kiwis love passing the time on long-haul flights by chowing down on plane food.

We're perfectly happy on long-haul flights as long as you give us some kai in the sky.

Kiwi plumber takes on NZ

Logan Dodds is travelling New Zealand.

The travelling Kiwi plumber is seeing his own backyard for the first time.

Multicultural Toronto living

Steve McLeod has had to get used to the harsh North American winters.

Steve McLeod lives in Toronto, Canada, working as a digital designer for a travel company.